com.hazelcast.spi.hotrestart

Interface KeyHandle

All Known Subinterfaces:

KeyHandleOffHeap

All Known Implementing Classes:

KeyOnHeap, SimpleHandleOffHeap

public interface KeyHandle

A "lightweight" key which uniquely identifies a record in the Hot Restart store's metadata structures using the minimal amount of data.

The key handle is also a point of understanding between the garbage collector and the RAM store, which can look up a record based on it.